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60 Minutes is on end of season breakThank you for your support in 2008 - it was a great year for us here at 60 Minutes. We're on our annual end of season break until mid-February 2009, when we return for our 30th Anniversary year. Please enjoy our archives below, our Classics section and leave comments on our blogs. Have a happy and safe holidays - the 60 Minutes Team.

A Year to RememberThe spectacular, inspiring, the heart-breaking and the things that still give us hope or a smile. Come with us on a journey back through 2008. Transcript Soundslide Video

Mr MumWhen we heard it, probably just like you, we thought it was a hoax. A pregnant man? A real life Mr Mum? Transcript

Rev HeadsThey're three middle-aged rev-heads, the unlikeliest of stars. But, believe me, this scruffy trio are big and not just with the blokes. Their motoring program, "Top Gear", is now one of the most watched shows. Transcript

Troubled WatersIt's a terrifying thought, but this year on average, one little boy or girl has drowned each and every week. In fact, drowning is the number one preventable killer of toddlers in Australia. Transcript Video Chat

Outback EpicIt's the film we've been waiting 100 years to make, Baz Luhrmann's $160 million epic "Australia". The star of the film is, without doubt, the Australian landscape itself. Transcript Video Blog

Made to OrderIt's a major breakthrough, a vital step toward custom-made human body parts for transplants. Transcript Video

Licensed to KillThey're so young, so full of life and behind the wheel, so deadly. They love their cars, they think they're invincible. They're not. Two P-plate drivers are killed every week. Transcript Video

Behind the VeilFor years, we've been told it's part of the Axis of Evil. A rogue state that sponsors terrorists and is hell bent on developing nuclear weapons. Well, maybe, but how would you really know? Photos Blog

Blood BrothersThe senoritas think they're drop dead gorgeous. They've got hordes of adoring fans, male, female, young and old. They're kings of the bullring in Spain.

The FirebugWe're going inside the twisted mind of a firebug. A man who gets his kicks lighting bushfires. For the first time, you'll see and hear one of Australia's worst serial arsonists try to justify his crimes. Transcript Video

Love Gone WildYou've got to admit, people do some strange things for love. But not too many would go this far, this is love gone wild. Transcript

Search for a SaviourNot since the Great Depression has an election been more important to the US and, indeed, the world. Whoever wins this week, whether it's Barack Obama or John McCain, the new president will have to restore the country's spirit. Transcript Video Blog

There's a wild, mysterious place down south in the Roaring 40s. They call it Pedra Branca and it's known only to a few fishermen, sailors and the sharks.

The Storm RidersThere's a wild, mysterious place down south in the Roaring 40s. They call it Pedra Branca and it's known only to a few fishermen, sailors and the sharks. Transcript Chat Video Photos

Mean StreetsYou're about to enter a war zone. It's not Iraq, it's not Afghanistan. It's in Mexico, it's a drug war and you've never seen anything like it. Transcript Video Blog

The medical establishment has consistently scoffed at the very idea dogs might be able to help diagnose cancer. Maybe this will help change their minds.

Germ WarfareWe've all heard the horror stories. Hospitals crawling with super bugs, patients in for routine surgery who die from dreadful infections. That's bad enough. But even tougher, more sophisticated, bacteria are at large in the community. Transcript Video

Turned OnThere's no doubt sex sells. But wait till you see how astronomically well it sells on line. It's the new sexual revolution, re-writing all the rules, breaking all the old taboos. Transcript Video Blog

The Ultimate AssassinHere's some chilling news. Just what you want to hear as you head back to the beach this summer. Sharks are not only deadly, they're smart, too. And the one we fear most, The Great White, is the smartest of them all. Transcript Video

You know things are grim when the government hands out a $10billion Christmas present. It's designed to help insulate us from the horrors to come, a spend-your-way-out-of-trouble solution.

The Big BustYou know things are grim when the government hands out a $10billion Christmas present. It's designed to help insulate us from the horrors to come, a spend-your-way-out-of-trouble solution. Transcript Video

Deadly TreasureIt's a breathtaking, white-knuckle adventure. Little boats battling mountainous waves and raging storms. A drama played out in sub-zero temperatures, right up there near the North Pole in the icy Bering Sea. Transcript Blog Video

Future FuelWho'd have thought it, common old sugar cane and corn could save us all. Save us from soaring oil prices, and from a lot of those dreaded greenhouse gases. On the surface it seems so simple, first convert the crops to ethanol. Transcript Video

On the WarpathHe's just won an Emmy for his TV show, 30 Rock. He's still making movies, still making money. Yet Hollywood star Alec Baldwin is a very disillusioned, very angry man. So disillusioned, he lost the will to live. Transcript

It's been a hell of a week. The global economy's in meltdown, the financial markets are in chaos and it's not over yet, not by a long shot. Basically greed, dodgy loans and bad debt are to blame.

Generation DebtIt's been a hell of a week. The global economy's in meltdown, the financial markets are in chaos and it's not over yet, not by a long shot. Basically greed, dodgy loans and bad debt are to blame. Transcript Video

Forever YoungIt's one of our oldest dreams, to discover the fountain of youth. A mystical potion, the key to eternal life. Sure that's fantasy but what about living to the ripe old age of 150, or even 200. Transcript Video Blog

Young GunsSuddenly, the classics are cool again. Artists like Andre Rieu are even outselling big names like Madonna. Transcript Video

Girls Will be BoysThey're called ladettes or yobettes, a new breed of young woman hell-bent on outdoing the blokes and they're truly frightening, violent, selfish, with no sense of shame. Transcript Video

Knightley AttractionYou have to keep reminding yourself she's only 23. Because Keira Knightley's already got a body of work most Hollywood veterans would kill for. Transcript Video Blog

The Bear AwakesWe all prayed those days were over. But Russia is on the prowl again, in an angry mood and still armed to the teeth with a massive arsenal of nuclear weapons. Transcript Video

Battle Stations!It hardly sounds like the most enticing job. Cramped, smelly, no sunlight, working around the clock for weeks on end. But on the up-side, there's loads of money, and adventure galore. Transcript Video Photos

The SanctuarySocial, intelligent, at times, very human. And just like humans, elephants experience many complex emotions. Take them away from their close-knit family herds and they'll descend into deep depression. Transcript

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